Matthew 22:39

“And the second is like unto it, etc.] For there is but a second, not a third: this is suggested in opposition to the numerous commandments in the law, according to the opinion of the Jews, who reckon them in all to be “six hundred and thirteen”: of which there are “three hundred and sixty five” negative ones, according to the number of the days of the year; and “two hundred and forty eight” affirmative ones, according to the members of a man’s body f1209. Christ reduces all to two, love to God, and love to the neighbour; and the latter is the second in order of nature, time, dignity, and causality; the object of it being a creature; and the act itself being the effect of the former, yet like…”

“Jesus converses with a Pharisee respecting the law - See also Mark 12:28-34. Matthew 22:34 The Pharisees ... were gathered together - That is, either to rejoice that their great rivals, the Sadducees, had been so completely silenced, or to lay a new plan for ensnaring him, or perhaps both. They would rejoice that the Sadducees had been confounded, but they would not be the less desirous to involve Jesus in difficulty. They therefore endeavored, probably, to find the most difficult question in dispute among themselves, and proposed it to him to perplex him. Matthew 22:35 A lawyer - This does nor mean one that “practiced” law, as among us, but one learned or skilled in the law of Moses. Mark…”

“Lev 19:18. Matthew 22:42”

“22:39 Love your neighbor as yourself: Lev 19:18; see also Rom 13:9; Gal 5:6, 14; Jas 2:8.”

“Thou: Mat 19:19; Lev 19:18; Mar 12:31; Luk 10:27, Luk 10:28; Rom 13:9, Rom 13:10; Gal 5:14; Jam 2:8 neighbour: Luk 10:29-37; Rom 15:2; Gal 6:10 Matthew 22:40”